ATHENS – Greek tourism leaders said Monday that a strike at the Acropolis was more damaging than the urban unrest scarring Athens – with the global economic downturn their greatest fear.
ATHENS – Greek tourism leaders said Monday that a strike at the Acropolis was more damaging than the urban unrest scarring Athens – with the global economic downturn their greatest fear.
“Let’s be clear, the country is not in the grip of terrorists – so far there has been neither victims nor violence against people,” Argyro Philli, the head of the Greek travel agents association, told AFP.
The country’s second industry after shipping, Greek tourism is seasonal and primarily coastal – well away from the riots directed at police and the right-wing government since 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police on Dec. 6.